cheese (varied selection and good price, other than Trader Joe's or Whole Foods; I know to get feta from Yekta or Sam's in Rockville but am looking for European cheese)

reasonably priced fresh fish (I am open to Chinese market suggestions but I haven't been happy with the fish at Grandmart or Maxim 'cause the fish isn't as fresh as I'm used to from the coastal southeast)

fresh pasta (ready-made to cook at home)

green peppercorns on the stalk (like the kind Mai Thai puts in their Sauteed Lemongrass)

I'm having no luck finding European breads or pastries in the Rockville/Gaithersburg area. Yasaman has some passable-but-not-phenomenal French pastries but nothing comparable to their (delectable) Persian ones. The Russian market over by Joe's Noodle has some tasty breads -- but not what I'm looking for. The chains are the chains (La Madeleine, Whole Foods). Everything remotely European seems to be in Virginia...or Patisserie Poupon (which to be honest I'm not that fond of). I understand I should check out Praline in Bethesda but I'm really looking for things closer to Gaithersburg. Is this a lost cause or is there a gem lurking somewhere that google just can't uncover?